considering the life span might be up to 8-10 years you do not want a console where the memory is a chokepoint
open world games can be very demanding on memory, which was a clear example on how much the PS3 failed with those games
if xboxwin8 ends up using up lots of ram it might be a problem
any new rumours I have missed since MSDF seems to have started downplaying hardware in the latest pages?
My friend, you being a fan of bethesda and saying you will stick to a console for 8-10 years are contradicting things.
Oblivion on 360 was cool beans, but when skyrim dropped, eventhough I bought it both on ps3 and 360, pc was the version to play.
8-10 years on a modified 7850 or a modified 7790, you can have all the memory in the world but still you will reach other barriers way before running out of memory. Especially in open world games.
Both consoles -admiting as a fact the xbox h/w rumor- will offer the best they can offer in the first two years imo.
After that, their improvement on games by going to the metal wont be enough to offset the raw power that you will always have on pc.
If they went crazy all-out on power, then the consoles would hang on quite a bit more, but still the announced 10 year periods can never equal to top of the line gaming throughout. These long periods are good for their pockets, not for the enthusiast gamer. my 2c's
Other that that, I tried to download the GT app from xbox live, since I read here about the interviews after the show, and guess what?
Not available in my country.
I already read about it being blocked in Holland and another country I dont recall now, so add also Greece to the blocked list..
